‘The Falling Star’, by James Hamilton Hay, 1909, found via Crashingly Beautiful
For most of Canada, winter as we know/knew it has been cancelled, or at best is a half-hearted, wishy-washy impersonation of winter … early Spring indeed, so say Wiarton Willie & Shubenacadie Sam …!
Fact: Meteorologists say typical signs of winter have been wiped out by an “arctic oscillation,” a phenomenon that’s seen the constantly moving jet stream remain relatively stationary and keep winter conditions at bay …
The ‘Scar Dragon Plaque’, made of whalebone and probably used for weaving/smoothing linen, was discovered in the fantastic 9thC Viking boat burial on the Orkney Isles, Scotland, 1991
Happy Year of the {Water} Dragon, smooth sailing, folks!
‘Yellow Sunset’, c1916, Tom Thomson {via}
‘…in lustreless November
enter the year’s night…’
‘what the small day cannot hold
must spill into eternity.’
… excerpts from ‘All Souls’ Day’, poem by Frances Bellerby, via the Guardian’s Poem of the week
‘Queen’, chess piece of the enigmatic Lewis Chessmen, c.12th C., carved from walrus ivory, likely Norse in origin & found in the dunes of Uig beach, Isle of Lewis, Scotland c.1800s … photo & superb review too, via diggingthedirt …
That said, take note North American folks! A substantial hoard of these chessmen will be visiting the Met NY from this fall ’til next spring 2012, ‘the first time such a large ensemble of the chessmen has traveled outside the United Kingdom’, so take advantage if you can!
… A few other diversionary notes … about time we mention Tinder’s Tweets via TinderShop & Tumblr, aka Whiskey Robber {after ‘The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber’} … a bit of this, that & the other, feel free to visit …
‘Majestic Warrior’, by Canadian aboriginal artist Linus Woods, via Bearclaw Gallery in Edmonton, AB …
‘Dancing Bears’, by American painter W H Beard, c 1890
Good day, sunshine …!
